Pat Paulsen For President
	Rubicon River/Mercury SR-61179
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Side One
Meet The Candidate	see below	1:30
Two Cows	-	2:43
Soldiers' Lament	-	1:53
Freedom To Censor	-	2:45
I Will Not Run...	-	2:23
I Will Not Serve...	-	2:35
The Critics Attack	-	1:17
Counter-Attack	-	0:38
Slip Of The Tongue	-	2:28
Formal Announcement	-	1:43
In Your Gourd, You Know He's Good	-	0:45
The Bandwagon	-	1:17
Side Two
Humble Beginning	see below	1:25
The Age Of Reason	-	2:45
Ruthless Denial	-	0:35
Big Shot	-	2:32
Victory Rally	-	1:37
Meet The Prez	-	5:15
Questions And Evasions	-	0:45
Messing Around	-	1:14
The Simple Savior	-	3:05

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And in the real world...

The 1968 Presidential Campaign was chaotic with Americans divided on the war, race relations, and "law and order." Democrat Eugene McCarthy • challenged sitting President Johnson by running on a promise to end the Vietnam War. McCarthy, backed by college students, almost beat Johnson in the early March New Hampshire primary. A few days later, Robert Kennedy decided the time was right to enter the primary fight (and stole McCarthy's thunder). By the end of March, Johnson announced that he would not seek re-election, allowing VP Hubert Humphrey to enter the contest. This fractured the Democratic Party. McCarthy and Kennedy exchanged primary victories, while Humphrey worked on getting non-primary state delegates. The key primary fight was on June 4 in California, which narrowly voted for Kennedy. After celebrating the victory at The Ambassador Hotel in LA, Kennedy was assasinated by Sirhan Sirhan. In August, the delegate battle was fought in the convention hall in Chicago; while Mayor Daley's police battled protesters led by Jerry Rubin, Abbie Hoffman and a few others in Lincoln & Grant Parks. In the end, Humphrey was the party choice. The Republicans had their own primary battles between Dick Nixon, Nelson Rockefeller and Ronnie Reagan. At their convention in Miami, Nixon • • was nominated as a "Stop Nixon" movement headed by Rockefeller and Reagan petered out. The American Independent Party nominated former Alabama governor and segregationist, George Wallace. Wallace's plan was to get enough electoral votes to "bargain" with the top national vote getting candidate. Learning from his 1960 capaign, Nixon refused to debate the other candidates, instead holding "town hall" meeting with pre-screened questions (sound familiar?). After an early double-digit polling lead, Humphrey began a comeback. In late October, Johnson announced a bombing halt and a possible peace deal. This provided Humphrey a boost, and the contest was almost dead even. Nixon then privatley assured the South Vietnamese rulers that they'd get "a better deal" with a Republican in the White House and the Paris peace plan was called off. (That's treason, folks, and arch conservative George Will recently confirmed this disgraceful act.) Election night results dragged out until the following morning when Nixon had won the popular vote by the slimmest of margins, 43.4% to Humphrey's 42.7%. Wallace almost pulled off his plan, securing 46 electoral votes, but Nixon bested Humphrey 301-191, thus securing the victory. This was the last campaign with only a handful of primaries and back-room deals, as the Democratic Party adapted new rules on securing delegates primarily on state primary elections. To get a sense of the election fights, visit The Living Candidate to see commercials for each party. 2023 Update: Dick Gregory was a write-in candidate of the Freedom and Peace PartyVote For The Other Dick , which had broken off from the Peace and Freedom Party (PFP). Read more about his candidacy at Black Perspectives. Didn't care for Humphrey, Nixon, Wallace, or Paulsen? Try this candidateMichael J Pollard For President WNEW New York DJ Jim Lowe recorded a novelty campaign 45 for Pollard (Look for the blue thing). •. Those funster Yippies tried to run their own candidate, Pigasus, but ran into a bunch trouble whilst vacationing in Chicago, surprisingly during the Democratic Convention. Coincidence? I think I'll choose the only good choice—and look, he comes with his own cabinetA fabulous candidate! ! Or, you could find the Easter Egg that takes you to the page featuring Walter Cronkite narrating the incredible story of 1968.

Songs about the 1968 Democratic Convention and its aftermath

Several songs were recorded about the events in Chicago during the Democratic Convention and the trial of the Chicago Seven.

Note: *Actually, Ochs' entire album was about Phil's disillusionment with the political process
 

	The Odyssey Theatre Ensemble The Chicago Conspiracy Trial
	Capitol SABB-12020
	?/80 [UK: N/R]
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Side One
Act One - Part One	-	24:11
Side Two
Act One - Part Two	-	27:44
Side Three
Act Two - Part One	-	29:22
Side Four
Act Two - Part Two	-	29:16

	"Gagged And Chained" (The Sentencing Of Bobby Seale For Contempt)
	Certron CSS2-2001
	?/70 [UK: N/R]
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Side One
Bobby Seale Speaks Live	-	2:33
Beginning Of Trial	-	15:10
Side Two
Trial Of Bobby Seale	-	-
Side Three
Trial Of Bobby Seale	-	-
Side Four
Trial Of Bobby Seale	-	-

The official campaign song for the Let Us Vote movement to lower the voting age to 18, this 45 was issued in the spring of '69:
 

Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart L. U. V. Let Us Vote / I Wanna Be Free A&M 1031, 2/69

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